Poetry and Lyrics

[Angeline]

I could not find it either I guess I have to do the 80's thing and write lyrics out? lol

I've done that here, lol--with lyrics and poems.

You know you might find the lyric connected to Ida Cox or Ethel Waters--I have a feeling they recorded it, too.

 

[CharleyH]

I've done that here, lol--with lyrics and poems.

You know you might find the lyric connected to Ida Cox or Ethel Waters--I have a feeling they recorded it, too.

If you send the MP3s? (innocent looking)

 

[ruminator]

If you send the MP3s? (innocent looking)

Ok lady......the interrogation has been easy so far but now it's time to lean a little harder on you till you give it up.

What do you know about sending mp3s here?

...that av gives me chills just thinking back to that scene.

 

[ruminator]

Here are a couple of nice ones by Graham Nash

Sleep Song

When you were asleep
I was kissing your forehead
You gave a frown
So I kissed you again
You started waking
And put your arms round my waist
Just making sure I was there
Then you drifted away
Then you drifted away
And when I awoke
I found out I'd been dreaming
Some of my bed clothes were still on the floor
I looked around
Realized you were leaving me
I saw the back of your dress
As you slipped through the door
As you slipped through the door
And when I return
I will kiss your eyes open
Take off my clothes
And I'll lie by your side
Then I will wait
Till The sandman is done with you
And as you sleepily rise
You'll find I'll be there
You'll find I'll be there
There, there




Another Sleep Song

All is need is someone to awaken me
Much of me has gone to sleep and I'm afraid to wake up
Shake me by the shoulder if I'm lying with you now
When I talk about the time I sleep away
When it's hard to face the day.
When I think of all the love that's taken me
How much do I get to keep and much should I give up?
Shake me by the shoulder if I'm lying to you now
I'm listening to the lies inside my head
Who can hurt you in your bed?

Fear of other people is a thing I hate
I travel in a bubble and I can't relate.
Something is happening to my head
I don't want to hurt you
But I never heard a word you said

Has this empty hollow heart forsaken me?
I wonder if I'll ever get to feel like I did
Before I grew up.
Shake me by the shoulder if I'm lying with you now
There is no time to waste another day
Cause we watch them fly away.

 

[ruminator]

It's amazing the timelessness of this song. It's from about 1971 and the words have the summation of current events as though written today.

GRAHAM NASH lyrics - "Chicago"


www.OldieLyrics.com..... ...(my smilie added)


So your brother's bound and gagged
And they've chained him to a chair
Won't you please come to chicago just to sing
In a land that's known as freedom how can such a thing be fair
Won't you please come to chicago for the help that we can bring

We can change the world rearrange the world
It's dying - to get better

Politicians sit yourselves down, there's nothing for you here
Won't you please come to chicago for a ride
Don't ask jack to help you `cause he'll turn the other ear
Won't you please come to chicago or else join the other side

We can change the world rearrange the world
It's dying - if you believe in justice
Dying - and if you believe in freedom
Dying - let a man live his own life
Dying - rules and regulations, who needs them open up the door

Somehow people must be free I hope the day comes soon
Won't you please come to chicago show your face
From the bottom of the ocean to the mountains of the moon
Won't you please come to chicago no one else can take your place

We can change the world rearrange the world
It's dying - if you believe in justice
Dying - and if you believe in freedom
Dying - let a man live his own life
Dying - rules and regulations, who needs them open up the door

 

[Angeline]

Hey! I've learned

D, G, and A

which means I can play this song...kinda, sorta, and verrry slowly

Helpless
Neil Young

There's a town in South Ontario
Dreams comforts memories to spare
And in my mind I still need a place to go
All my changes were there
Blue, blue windows behind the stars
Yellow moon on the rise
Big birds flying across the sky
Throwing shadows on our eyes

Leave us helpless, helpless, helpless
They can still hear me now
The chains are locked and tied across the door
They sing with me somehow

Blue, blue windows behind the stars
Yellow moon on the rise
Big birds flying across the sky
Throwing shadows on our eyes

Leave us helpless, helpless, helpless
Helpless, helpless, helpless
Helpless, helpless, helpless
Helpless, helpless, helpless
Helpless, helpless, helpless.....

thank you sweetheart

 

[BooMerengue]

D, G, and A

which means I can play this song...kinda, sorta, and verrry slowly

Helpless
Neil Young

There's a town in South Ontario
Dreams comforts memories to spare
And in my mind I still need a place to go
All my changes were there
Blue, blue windows behind the stars
Yellow moon on the rise
Big birds flying across the sky
Throwing shadows on our eyes

Leave us helpless, helpless, helpless
They can still hear me now
The chains are locked and tied across the door
They sing with me somehow

Blue, blue windows behind the stars
Yellow moon on the rise
Big birds flying across the sky
Throwing shadows on our eyes

Leave us helpless, helpless, helpless
Helpless, helpless, helpless
Helpless, helpless, helpless
Helpless, helpless, helpless
Helpless, helpless, helpless.....

thank you sweetheart

Would you sing that again, please? I'm trying to memorize the chorus...

 

[Jennifer C]

DANIEL BEDINGFIELD LYRICS

"I Can't Read You"

I'm never shy but this is different
I can't explain the way I'm feeling tonight
I'm losing control of my heart
Tell me what can I do to make you happy
Nothing I ever say seems to come out right
I'm losing control of my heart

And I wish that I could be
Another better part of me
Can't hear what your thinking
Maybe if I just let go
you'd open up your heart

But I can't read you
I wish I knew what's going through your mind
Can't touch you, your heart defending I get left behind
I can't reach you
I wish I knew what's going through your mind
Can't touch you, your heart protecting I get left behind
No no no no no
No no no no no

I like you so much I'm acting stupid
I can't play the game I'm all intense and alive
I'm losing control of my heart
I'm not supposed to be this nervous
I should play my hand all cool and calm
I can't breathe
I'm losing control of my heart

And I wish that you could see
The other better parts of me
Feel this fire I'm feeling
Then you'd see me in control
And baby then you'd know

But I can't read you
I wish I knew what's going through your mind
Can't touch you, your heart defending I get left behind
I can't reach you
I wish I knew what's going through your mind
Can't touch you, your heart protecting I get left behind
No no no no no

 

[Guest]

Honey Pie

I’m in love but I’m lazy.
So won’t you please come home.
Oh honey pie my position is tragic.
Come and show me the magic of your Hollywood Song.
You became a legend of the silver screen
And now the thought of meeting you
Makes me weak in the knee.
Oh honey pie you are driving me frantic.
Sail across the Atlantic
To be where you belong.
Will the wind that blew her boat
Across the sea
Kindly send her sailing back to me.
Honey pie you are making me crazy.
I’m in love but I’m lazy.
So won’t you please come home.


​

 

[Angeline]

Tess, you got me thinking of Beatles songs

I love this one. Whenever I am sad this song cheers me up--it has ever since I was a little kid.

There's a Place
Lennon/McCartney

There, there’s a place,
Where I can go,
When I feel low,
When I feel blue,
And it’s my mind,
And there’s no time,
When I’m alone.

I think of you,
And things you do,
Go round my head,
The things you’ve said,
Like I love only you.

In my mind there’s no sorrow,
Don’t you know that it’s so,
There’ll be no sad tomorrow,
Don’t you know that it’s so.

There, there’s a place,
Where I can go,
When I feel low,
When I feel blue,
And it’s my mind,
And there’s no time,
When I’m alone.

There, there’s a place,
There’s a place.

 

[Guest]

Ange, now you have me thinking.

What songs always cheer me up. Here's one.


The Warmth of the Sun

What good is the dawn
That grows into day
The sunset at night
Or living this way

For I have the warmth of the sun
(Warmth of the sun)
Within me at night
(Within me at night)

The love of my life
She left me one day
I cried when she said
"I don't feel the same way"

Still I have the warmth of the sun
(Warmth of the sun)
Within me tonight
(Within me tonight)

I'll dreams of her arms
And though they're not real
Just like she's still there
The way that I feel

I loved like the warmth of the sun
(Warmth of the sun)
It won't ever die
(It won't ever die)

 

[ruminator]

Would you sing that again, please? I'm trying to memorize the chorus...

I have to write the chorus on the back of my hand......around my wrist.......up one arm........ when I plan to do that song.


Nice going Ange,...there are several like that you can pick up.

how about Needle and the Damage Done?


Any suggestions on free - easy - desktop recording software I could try out?

 

[eagleyez]

I have to write the chorus on the back of my hand......around my wrist.......up one arm........ when I plan to do that song.


Nice going Ange,...there are several like that you can pick up.

how about Needle and the Damage Done?


Any suggestions on free - easy - desktop recording software I could try out?

Please. I'm still trying to remember which fret my ring finger goes on for G.

ooops. wrong login.
Ange

 

[Angeline]

Ok, I got the right login now.

Rumi, I wanna learn this one. I love this song.



Comes a Time
Neil Young

Comes a time when you're driftin'
Comes a time when you settle down
Comes a light feelin's liftin'
Lift that baby right up off the ground.

Oh, this old world keeps spinning round
It's a wonder tall trees ain't layin' down
There comes a time.

You and I we were captured
We took our souls and we flew away
We were right we were giving
That's how we kept what we gave away.

Oh, this old world keeps spinning round
It's a wonder tall trees ain't layin' down
There comes a time.

 

[tungtied2u]

simple but direct

I've Been Waiting for You
Neil Young

"I've Been Waiting For You"

I've been looking
for a woman
to save my life
Not to beg or to borrow
A woman with
the feeling of
losing once or twice
Who knows how
could it be tomorrow?

I've been waiting for you
And you've been coming to me
For such a long time now
Such a long time now.

I've been waiting for you
And you've been coming to me
For such a long time now
Such a long time now.

 

[tungtied2u]

I Believe in You

Neil Young

"I Believe In You"

Now that you found yourself
losing your mind
Are you here again?
Finding that what you once
thought was real
Is gone, and changing?

Now that you made yourself
love me
Do you think
I can change it in a day?
How can I place you above me?
Am I lying to you when I say
That I believe in you
I believe in you.

Coming to you at night
I see my questions
I feel my doubts
Wishing that maybe
in a year or two
We could laugh
and let it all out

Now that you made
yourself love me
Do you think
I can change it in a day?
How can I place you above me?
Am I lying to you when I say
That I believe in you
I believe in you.

 

[tungtied2u]

I've Started and I can't Stop

Heart of Gold

"Heart Of Gold"

I want to live,
I want to give
I've been a miner
for a heart of gold.
It's these expressions
I never give
That keep me searching
for a heart of gold
And I'm getting old.
Keeps me searching
for a heart of gold
And I'm getting old.

I've been to Hollywood
I've been to Redwood
I crossed the ocean
for a heart of gold
I've been in my mind,
it's such a fine line
That keeps me searching
for a heart of gold
And I'm getting old.
Keeps me searching
for a heart of gold
And I'm getting old.

Keep me searching
for a heart of gold
You keep me searching
for a heart of gold
And I'm getting old.
I've been a miner
for a heart of gold.

 

[tungtied2u]

The Circle Game

Joni Mitchell

THE CIRCLE GAME

Yesterday a child came out to wonder
Caught a dragonfly inside a jar
Fearful when the sky was full of thunder
And tearful at the falling of a star
Then the child moved ten times round the seasons
Skated over ten clear frozen streams
Words like, when you're older, must appease him
And promises of someday make his dreams
And the seasons they go round and round
And the painted ponies go up and down
We're captive on the carousel of time
We can't return we can only look behind
From where we came
And go round and round and round
In the circle game

Sixteen springs and sixteen summers gone now
Cartwheels turn to car wheels thru the town
And they tell him,
Take your time, it won't be long now
Till you drag your feet to slow the circles down
And the seasons they go round and round
And the painted ponies go up and down
We're captive on the carousel of time
We can't return we can only look behind
From where we came
And go round and round and round
In the circle game

So the years spin by and now the boy is twenty
Though his dreams have lost some grandeur coming true
There'll be new dreams, maybe better dreams and plenty
Before the last revolving year is through
And the seasons they go round and round
And the painted ponies go up and down
We're captive on the carousel of time
We can't return, we can only look behind
From where we came
And go round and round and round
In the circle game

 

[ruminator]

Ok, I got the right login now.

Rumi, I wanna learn this one. I love this song.



Comes a Time
Neil Young
G ---------------- Bm ----------
Comes a time when you're driftin'
- D ------------------------- C --------- G
Comes a time when you settle down
G ---------------- Bm ----------
Comes a light feelin's liftin'
- D ------------------------- C --------- G
Lift that baby right up off the ground.

G------------D------------------C-----------G
Oh, this old world keeps spinning round

G------------D------------------C-----------G
It's a wonder tall trees ain't layin' down
-------------------D
There comes a time.

You and I we were captured
We took our souls and we flew away
We were right we were giving
That's how we kept what we gave away.

Oh, this old world keeps spinning round
It's a wonder tall trees ain't layin' down
There comes a time.

Ha!...who are you, really?

If I had a nickle for every time I heard this question here.....

I never know for sure where my fingers belong....this is a great time for learning with the wide variety of tab sites available. Some are better than others but there are good ones. what's ee's take on this one? I picked it up by ear and have used G - Bm - D - C - G......with some finger dancing in between.

 

[RhymeFairy]

How About Another ~

Neil Young

"Like A Hurricane"



Once I thought I saw you
in a crowded hazy bar,
Dancing on the light
from star to star.
Far across the moonbeam
I know that's who you are,
I saw your brown eyes
turning once to fire.

You are like a hurricane
There's calm in your eye.
And I'm gettin' blown away
To somewhere safer
where the feeling stays.
I want to love you but
I'm getting blown away.

I am just a dreamer,
but you are just a dream,
You could have been
anyone to me.
Before that moment
you touched my lips
That perfect feeling
when time just slips
Away between us
on our foggy trip.

You are like a hurricane
There's calm in your eye.
And I'm gettin' blown away
To somewhere safer
where the feeling stays.
I want to love you but
I'm getting blown away.

You are just a dreamer,
and I am just a dream.
You could have been
anyone to me.
Before that moment
you touched my lips
That perfect feeling
when time just slips
Away between us
on our foggy trip.

You are like a hurricane
There's calm in your eye.
And I'm gettin' blown away
To somewhere safer
where the feeling stays.
I want to love you but
I'm getting blown away.

 

[The Mutt]

Rickie Lee Jones
Skeletons

She was pregnant in May
Now they're on their way
Dashing thru the snow
To St. John's, here we go

Well, it could be a boy
But it's okay if he's girl
Oh, these things that grow out of
The things that we give

We should move to the west side
They still believe in things
That give a kid half a chance

When he pulled off the road
Step in a waltz of red moon-beams
Said he fit an APB,
A robbery nearby

And he go for his wallet
And they thought he was going for a gun
And the cops blew Bird away

Some kids like watching Saturday cartoons
Some girls listen to records all day in their rooms
But what do birds leave behind, of the wings that they came with
If a son's in a tree building model planes?

Skeletons,
Skeletons.

 

[The Mutt]

Small Change
(Got Rained on with His Own .38)

Well small change got rained on with his own .38
and nobody flinched down by the arcade
and the marquise weren't weeping
they went stark-raving mad
and the cabbies were the only ones
that really had it made
and his cold trousers were twisted,
and the sirens high and shrill
and crumpled in his fist was a five-dollar bill
and the naked mannikins with their
cheshire grins
and the raconteurs
and roustabouts said buddy
come on in
cause the dreams ain't broken down here now
now ...they're walking with a limp
now that

small change got rained on with his own .38"
and nobody flinched down by the arcade
and the burglar alarm's been disconnected
and the newsmen start to rattle
and the cops are tellin' jokes
about some whore house in Seattle
and the fire hydrants plead the 5th Amendment
and the furniture's bargains galore
but the blood is by the jukebox
on an old linoleum floor
and it's a hot rain on 42nd Street
and now the umbrellas ain't got a chance
And the newsboy's a lunatic
with stains on his pants cause

small change got rained on with his own .38
and no one's gone over to close his eyes
and there's a racing form in his pocket
circled "Blue Boots" in the 3rd
and the cashier at the clothing store
he didn't say a word as the
siren tears the night in half
and someone lost his wallet
well it's surveillance of assailants
if that's whatchawannacallit
and the whores hike up their skirts
and fish for drug-store prophylactics
with their mouths cut just like
razor blades and their eyes are like stilettos
and her radiator's steaming
and her teeth are in a wreck
now she won't let you kiss her
but what the hell do you expect
and the Gypsies are tragic and if you
wanna to buy perfume, well
they'll bark you down like
carneys... sell you Christmas cards in June
but...

small change got rained on with his own .38
and his headstone's
a gumball machine
no more chewing gum
or baseball cards or
overcoats or dreams and
someone is hosing down the sidewalk
and he's only in his teens

small change got rained on with his own .38
and a fistful of dollars can't change that
and someone copped his watch fob
and someone got his ring
and the newsboy got his porkpie Stetson hat
and the tuberculosis old men
at the Nelson wheeze and cough
and someone will head south
until this whole thing cools off cause
small change got rained on with his own .38
yea small change got rained on with his own .38

 

[Angeline]

Was listening to this earlier--sigh

Coney Island Baby
Tom Waits

Every night she comes
To take me out to dreamland
When I'm with her, I'm the richest
Man in the town

She's a rose, she's the pearl
She's the spin on my world
All the stars make their wishes on her eyes
She's my Coney Island Baby
She's my Coney Island Girl

She's a princess in a red dress
She's the moon in the mist to me
She's my Coney Island Baby
She's my Coney Island Girl

 

[cjh]

Jesus the Mexican Boy
- Iron & Wine (Sam Beam)

this guy is one of my recent favorites. he sounds like a humid summer night in the south.
_________________________________

Jesus the Mexican boy
born in a truck on the fourth of July
gave me a card with a lady naked on the back
Barefoot at night on the road
Fireworks blooming above in the sky
I never knew I was given the best one from the deck

He never wanted nothing I remember
Maybe a broken bottle if I had two
Hanging behind his holy even temper
Hiding the more unholy things I do

Jesus the Mexican boy
Gave me a ride on the back of his bike
Out to the fair though I welched on a $5 bet
Drunk on Calliope songs
We met a home-wrecking carnival girl
He's never asked for a favor or the money yet

Jesus the Mexican boy
Born in a truck on the 4th of July
I fell in love with his sister unrepentantly
Fearing he wouldn't approve
We made a lie that was feeble at best
Boarded a train bound for Vegas and married secretly

I never gave him nothing I remember
Maybe a broken bottle if I had two
Hanging behind his holy even temper
Hiding the more unholy things I do

Jesus the Mexican boy
Wearing a long desert trip on his tie
Lo and behold he was standing under the welcome sign
Naked the Judas in me
Fell by the tracks but he lifted me high
Kissing my head like a brother and never asking why

 

[Angeline]

Jesus the Mexican Boy
- Iron & Wine (Sam Beam)

this guy is one of my recent favorites. he sounds like a humid summer night in the south.
_________________________________

Jesus the Mexican boy
born in a truck on the fourth of July
gave me a card with a lady naked on the back
Barefoot at night on the road
Fireworks blooming above in the sky
I never knew I was given the best one from the deck

He never wanted nothing I remember
Maybe a broken bottle if I had two
Hanging behind his holy even temper
Hiding the more unholy things I do

Jesus the Mexican boy
Gave me a ride on the back of his bike
Out to the fair though I welched on a $5 bet
Drunk on Calliope songs
We met a home-wrecking carnival girl
He's never asked for a favor or the money yet

Jesus the Mexican boy
Born in a truck on the 4th of July
I fell in love with his sister unrepentantly
Fearing he wouldn't approve
We made a lie that was feeble at best
Boarded a train bound for Vegas and married secretly

I never gave him nothing I remember
Maybe a broken bottle if I had two
Hanging behind his holy even temper
Hiding the more unholy things I do

Jesus the Mexican boy
Wearing a long desert trip on his tie
Lo and behold he was standing under the welcome sign
Naked the Judas in me
Fell by the tracks but he lifted me high
Kissing my head like a brother and never asking why

Stop trying to get us to buy more cds.